BOSTON LEGAL, a wry courtroom television show that walks the
line between drama and comedy, is the creation of perennial
hit-maker David E. Kelly (ALLY MCBEAL, PICKET FENCES). BOSTON LEGAL
revolves around the Boston litigation law firm of Crane, Poole, and
Schmidt, in particular two eccentric and flawed attorneys, Alan
Shore and Denny Crane. Shore, an unscrupulous and wily ambulance
chaser and womaniser (played, with sly charm by James Spader) finds
an uneasy alliance with Crane, a bombastic, self-aggrandising, and
occasionally batty elder lawyer (William Shatner in an Emmy-winning
performance). Despite their ethical and emotional deficiencies,
Shore and Crane usually find themselves fighting on the right side,
as they take up cases that no one else is willing to touch.